Governor Cuomo addressed many important issues in his Executive Budget presentation today, including no new taxes and fair education funding. Mandate relief from Medicaid was outlined, but his plan does not go far enough. Local governments and school districts need real relief from the crushing unfunded mandates Albany imposes on them. As the budget process moves forward in the Legislature, I will fight for more mandate relief, no new taxes and a fair share of school aid for Long Island’s schoolchildren and taxpayers.